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Volume 6, Number 29 - 16 July 2007 |
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| Diagnosis & Evaluation | |
| Epidemiology & Risk Factors | |
| Etiology & Pathogenesis | |
| Integrative Medicine | |
| Overall Management | |
| Prognosis & Outcome | |
| Psychosocial Aspects | |
| Treatment | |
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Pichler
R, Pichler J, Mustafa H, Nussbaumer K, Zaunmuller T, Topakian R.
Somatostatin-receptor positive brain stem glioma visualized by octreoscan. Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2007 Jun 12;28(3):250-251 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17627256 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Wintersperger
BJ, Runge VM, Biswas J, Reiser MF, Schonberg SO.
Brain Tumor Enhancement in MR Imaging at 3 Tesla: Comparison of SNR and CNR Gain Using TSE and GRE Techniques. Invest Radiol. 2007 Aug;42(8):558-563. PMID: 17620938 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Zeng
QS, Li CF, Zhang K, Liu H, Kang XS, Zhen JH. Multivoxel 3D proton MR spectroscopy in the distinction of recurrent glioma from radiation injury. J Neurooncol. 2007 Aug;84(1):63-9. Epub 2007 Feb 14. PMID: 17619225 [PubMed - in process] |
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Zhang
WD, Wu PH, Xie CM, Li H.
[Magnetic resonance imaging features of primary brain lymphoma:a report of nine cases.] Ai Zheng. 2007 Jul;26(7):775-7. Chinese. PMID: 17626758 [PubMed - in process] |
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Alston
RD, Rowan S, Eden TO, Moran A, Birch JM. Cancer incidence patterns by region and socioeconomic deprivation in teenagers and young adults in England. Br J Cancer. 2007 Jun 4;96(11):1760-6. Epub 2007 May 15. PMID: 17505509 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Buffler
PA, Kelsh MA, Kalmes RM, Lau EC, Chapman PS, Wood SM, Brorby GP, Silva JM,
Hooper HC, Rizzo BD, Wood R.
A Nested Case-Control Study of Brain Tumors Among Employees at a Petroleum Exploration and Extraction Research Facility. J Occup Environ Med. 2007 Jul;49(7):791-802. PMID: 17622853 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Kan
P, Simonsen SE, Lyon JL, Kestle JR. Cellular phone use and brain tumor: a meta-analysis. J Neurooncol. 2007 Jul 10; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17619826 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Lim
U, Hartge P, Morton LM, Schatzkin A.
Consumption of aspartame-containing beverages and incidence of hematopoietic and brain malignancies. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007 Jul;16(7):1528-9. No abstract available. PMID: 17627026 [PubMed - in process] |
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Samuels
A.
Aspartame consumption and incidence of hematopoietic and brain cancers. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007 Jul;16(7):1527. No abstract available. PMID: 17627023 [PubMed - in process] |
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Bar
EE, Chaudhry A, Lin A, Fan X, Schreck K, Matsui W, Vescovi AL, Dimeco F,
Olivi A, Eberhart CG. Cyclopamine-Mediated Hedgehog Pathway Inhibition Depletes Stem-Like Cancer Cells in Glioblastoma. Stem Cells. 2007 Jul 12; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17628016 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Castellino
RC, De Bortoli M, Lin LL, Skapura DG, Rajan JA, Adesina AM, Perlaky L, Irwin
MS, Kim JY. Overexpressed TP73 induces apoptosis in medulloblastoma. BMC Cancer. 2007 Jul 12;7(1):127 [Epub ahead of print] 
PMID: 17626635 [PubMed - as supplied
by publisher] |
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Gabilondo
AM, Hostalot C, Garibi JM, Meana JJ, Callado LF. Monoamine oxidase B activity is increased in human gliomas. Neurochem Int. 2007 Jun 8; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17624626 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Glanz
C, Rebetz J, Stewenius Y, Persson A, Englund E, Mandahl N, Mertens F,
Salford LG, Widegren B, Fan X, Gisselsson D. Genetic intratumour heterogeneity in high-grade brain tumours is associated with telomere-dependent mitotic instability. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 2007 Aug;33(4):440-54. PMID: 17617873 [PubMed - in process] |
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Gulino
A, Di Marcotullio L, Ferretti E, De Smaele E, Screpanti I. Hedgehog signaling pathway in neural development and disease. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2007 Jul 6; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17619088 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Jozwiak
J, Grajkowska W, Kotulska K, Jozwiak S, Zalewski W, Zajaczkowska A,
Roszkowski M, Slupianek A, Wlodarski P. Brain tumor formation in tuberous sclerosis depends on erk activation. Neuromolecular Med. 2007;9(2):117-28. PMID: 17627032 [PubMed - in process] |
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Karmakar
S, Banik NL, Ray SK. Molecular Mechanism of Inositol Hexaphosphate-mediated Apoptosis in Human Malignant Glioblastoma T98G Cells. Neurochem Res. 2007 Jul 7; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17616815 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Lim
DA, Cha S, Mayo MC, Chen MH, Keles E, Vandenberg S, Berger MS. Relationship of glioblastoma multiforme to neural stem cell regions predicts invasive and multifocal tumor phenotype. Neuro Oncol. 2007 Jul 10; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17622647 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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 Martini F, Corallini A, Balatti V, Sabbioni S, Pancaldi C, Tognon M. Simian Virus 40 in humans. Infect Agent Cancer. 2007 Jul 9;2(1):13 [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17620119 [PubMed - as supplied
by publisher] |
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Masson
F, Calzascia T, Di Berardino-Besson W, de Tribolet N, Dietrich PY, Walker
PR. Brain Microenvironment Promotes the Final Functional Maturation of Tumor-Specific Effector CD8+ T Cells. J Immunol. 2007 Jul 15;179(2):845-53. PMID: 17617575 [PubMed - in process] |
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Nakano
A, Kanemura Y, Mori K, Kodama E, Yamamoto A, Sakamoto H, Nakamura Y, Okano
H, Yamasaki M, Arita N. Expression of the Neural RNA-Binding Protein Musashi1 in Pediatric Brain Tumors. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2007;43(4):279-84. PMID: 17627143 [PubMed - in process] |
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Oka
N, Soeda A, Inagaki A, Onodera M, Maruyama H, Hara A, Kunisada T, Mori H,
Iwama T. VEGF promotes tumorigenesis and angiogenesis of human glioblastoma stem cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 Jun 27; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17618600 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Ortiz
L, Costa AF, Bellido ML, Solano F, Garcia-Moreno JM, Gamero MA, Izquierdo G,
Chadli A, Falcao F, Ferro J, Salas J, Alvarez-Cermeno JC, Montori M,
Ramos-Arroyo MA, Palomino A, Pintado E, Lucas M. Study of cerebral cavernous malformation in Spain and Portugal: high prevalence of a 14 bp deletion in exon 5 of MGC4607 (CCM2 gene). J Neurol. 2007 Mar;254(3):322-6. Epub 2007 Mar 7. PMID: 17345049 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Xu
K, Shu HK. EGFR activation results in enhanced cyclooxygenase-2 expression through p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase-dependent activation of the Sp1/Sp3 transcription factors in human gliomas. Cancer Res. 2007 Jul 1;67(13):6121-9. PMID: 17616668 [PubMed - in process] |
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Kim
EH, Sohn S, Kwon HJ, Kim SU, Kim MJ, Lee SJ, Choi KS. Sodium selenite induces superoxide-mediated mitochondrial damage and subsequent autophagic cell death in malignant glioma cells. Cancer Res. 2007 Jul 1;67(13):6314-24. PMID: 17616690 [PubMed - in process] |
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Arslan
E, Usul H, Baykal S, Acar E, Eyuboglu EE, Reis A. Massive congenital intracranial immature teratoma of the lateral ventricle with retro-orbital extension: a case report and review of the literature. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2007;43(4):338-42. PMID: 17627155 [PubMed - in process] |
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Bedre
G, Gupta T, Rajasekharan P, Munshi A, Jalali R. Cerebellar, pancreatic, and paraspinal metastases in soft tissue sarcomas: unusual sites or changing patterns? JOP. 2007 Jul 9;8(4):444-9. PMID: 17625297 [PubMed - in process] |
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Carmichael
MG. Central nervous system anaplastic large cell lymphoma in an adult: successful treatment with a combination of radiation and chemotherapy. Mil Med. 2007 Jun;172(6):673-5. PMID: 17615857 [PubMed - in process] |
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Delgado-Lo
Pez PD, Marti N-Velasco V, Galacho-Harriero AM, Castilla-Di Ez JM, Rodri
Guez-Salazar A, Echevarri A-Iturbe C. Large chondroma of the dural convexity in a patient with Noonan's syndrome. Case report and review of the literature. Neurocirugia (Astur). 2007 Jun;18(3):241-246.
PMID: 17622464 [PubMed - as supplied
by publisher] |
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Gelabert-Gonzalez
M. [Primary spinal cord tumours. An analysis of a series of 168 patients] Rev Neurol. 2007 Mar 1-15;44(5):269-74. Spanish.
PMID: 17342676 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Gundersen
H, Helland CA, Raeder MB, Hugdahl K, Wester K. Visual attention in patients with intracranial arachnoid cysts. J Neurol. 2007 Jan;254(1):60-6. Epub 2007 Feb 14. PMID: 17508140 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Ito
M, Wakabayashi T, Natsume A, Hatano H, Fujii M, Yoshida J. Genetically heterogeneous glioblastoma recurring with disappearance of 1p/19q losses: case report. Neurosurgery. 2007 Jul;61(1):E168-9; discussion E169. PMID: 17621007 [PubMed - in process] |
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Johnson
MD, Sade B, Milano MT, Lee JH, Toms SA. New prospects for management and treatment of inoperable and recurrent skull base meningiomas. J Neurooncol. 2007 Jul 12; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17624496 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Johnston
DL, Keene DL, Lafay-Cousin L, Steinbok P, Sung L, Carret AS, Crooks B,
Strother D, Wilson B, Odame I, Eisenstat DD, Mpofu C, Zelcer S, Huang A,
Bouffet E. Supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumors: a Canadian pediatric brain tumor consortium report. J Neurooncol. 2007 Jul 10; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17619825 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Louis
DN, Ohgaki H, Wiestler OD, Cavenee WK, Burger PC, Jouvet A, Scheithauer BW,
Kleihues P. The 2007 WHO Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System. Acta Neuropathol (Berl). 2007 Aug;114(2):97-109. Epub 2007 Jul 6. PMID: 17618441 [PubMed - in process] |
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Mnif
I, Chaker M, Daoud E, Ben Mahfoudh K, Mnif Z, Mnif J. [Central neurocytoma: three case reports.] J Neuroradiol. 2007 Jul 5; [Epub ahead of print] French. PMID: 17617462 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Polydorides
AD, Rosenblum MK, Edgar MA. Metastatic renal cell carcinoma to hemangioblastoma in von Hippel-Lindau disease. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2007 Apr;131(4):641-5.
PMID: 17425399 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Rousseau
E, Palm T, Scaravilli F, Ruchoux MM, Figarella-Branger D, Salmon I, Ellison
D, Lacroix C, Chapon F, Mikol J, Vikkula M, Godfraind C. Trisomy 19 ependymoma, a newly recognized genetico-histological association, including clear cell ependymoma. Mol Cancer. 2007 Jul 12;6(1):47 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17626628 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Takei
H, Adesina AM, Bhattacharjee MB. The Azzopardi phenomenon. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2007 Apr;131(4):518. No abstract available.
PMID: 17425376 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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[No
authors listed] Current management of meningiomas: benign and malignant: w49. Neurosurgery. 2007 Jul;61(1):190. No abstract available. PMID: 17621135 [PubMed - in process] |
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[No
authors listed] Pediatric brain tumors: t34. Neurosurgery. 2007 Jul;61(1):187. No abstract available. PMID: 17621117 [PubMed - in process] |
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[No
authors listed] Management of low grade gliomas: current strategies and dilemmas: t24. Neurosurgery. 2007 Jul;61(1):186. No abstract available. PMID: 17621104 [PubMed - in process] |
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[No
authors listed] State-of-the-Art Management of Brain Metastases: M06. Neurosurgery. 2007 Jul;61(1):183. No abstract available. PMID: 17621078 [PubMed - in process] |
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[No
authors listed] Malignant gliomas: future treatment alternatives: m07. Neurosurgery. 2007 Jul;61(1):183. No abstract available. PMID: 17621077 [PubMed - in process] |
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[No
authors listed] Pediatric Brain Tumor Update: PC31. Neurosurgery. 2007 Jul;61(1):182. No abstract available. PMID: 17621070 [PubMed - in process] |
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[No
authors listed] Navigating change: charting a new course in brain tumor therapy. Neurosurgery. 2007 Jul;61(1):182-3. No abstract available. PMID: 17621063 [PubMed - in process] |
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[No
authors listed] Brain Tumor Update: PC09. Neurosurgery. 2007 Jul;61(1):179. No abstract available. PMID: 17621033 [PubMed - in process] |
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Rades
D, Schild SE, Lohynska R, Veninga T, Stalpers LJ, Dunst J. Two radiation regimens and prognostic factors for brain metastases in nonsmall cell lung cancer patients. Cancer. 2007 Jul 5; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17614294 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Feuerstein
M, Hansen JA, Calvio LC, Johnson L, Ronquillo JG. Work Productivity in Brain Tumor Survivors. J Occup Environ Med. 2007 Jul;49(7):803-811. PMID: 17622854 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Bergsneider
M. Complete microsurgical resection of colloid cysts with a dual-port endoscopic technique. Neurosurgery. 2007 Feb;60(2 Suppl 1):ONS33-42; discussion ONS42-3. PMID: 17297363 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Bulut
N, Harputluoglu H, Dizdar O, Altundag K. Role of trastuzumab in patients with brain metastases from Her2 positive breast cancer. J Neurooncol. 2007 Jul 6; [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID: 17612792 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Cappabianca
P, Decq P, Schroeder HW. Future of endoscopy in neurosurgery. Surg Neurol. 2007 May;67(5):496-8. No abstract available. PMID: 17445615 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Chertok
B, David AE, Huang Y, Yang VC. Glioma selectivity of magnetically targeted nanoparticles: A role of abnormal tumor hydrodynamics. J Control Release. 2007 Jun 2; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17628157 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Cormio
G, Loizzi V, Selvaggi L. Leptomeningeal involvement after remission of brain metastases from ovarian cancer. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2007 Jul 10; [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID: 17628564 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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de
Bouard S, Herlin P, Christensen JG, Lemoisson E, Gauduchon P, Raymond E,
Guillamo JS. Antiangiogenic and anti-invasive effects of sunitinib on experimental human glioblastoma. Neuro Oncol. 2007 Jul 10; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17622648 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Fedele
M, De Martino I, Pivonello R, Ciarmiello A, Del Basso De Caro ML, Visone R,
Palmieri D, Pierantoni GM, Arra C, Schmid HA, Hofland L, Lombardi G, Colao
A, Fusco A. SOM230, a new somatostatin analogue, is highly effective in the therapy of growth hormone/prolactin-secreting pituitary adenomas. Clin Cancer Res. 2007 May 1;13(9):2738-44. PMID: 17473207 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Irvin
W, MacDonald G, Smith JK, Kim WY. Dexamethasone-induced posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Jun 10;25(17):2484-6. No abstract available. PMID: 17557962 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Kased
N, Huang K, Nakamura JL, Sahgal A, Larson DA, McDermott MW, Sneed PK. Gamma Knife radiosurgery for brainstem metastases: the UCSF experience. J Neurooncol. 2007 Jul 13; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17628747 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Lauth
M, Toftgard R. The Hedgehog pathway as a drug target in cancer therapy. Curr Opin Investig Drugs. 2007 Jun;8(6):457-61. PMID: 17621875 [PubMed - in process] |
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Lewerenz
J, Ding X, Matschke J, Schnabel C, Emami P, von Borczyskowski D, Buchert R,
Krieger T, de Wit M, Munchau A. Dementia and leukoencephalopathy due to lymphomatosis cerebri. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2007 Jul;78(7):777-8. Epub 2007 Jan 8. No abstract available. PMID: 17210623 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Majer
M, Jensen RL, Shrieve DC, Watson GA, Wang M, Leachman SA, Boucher KM,
Samlowski WE. Biochemotherapy of metastatic melanoma in patients with or without recently diagnosed brain metastases. Cancer. 2007 Jul 10; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17623835 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Meister
N, Shalaby T, von Bueren AO, Rivera P, Patti R, Oehler C, Pruschy M, Grotzer
MA. Interferon-gamma mediated up-regulation of caspase-8 sensitises medulloblastoma cells to radio- and chemotherapy. Eur J Cancer. 2007 Jul 10; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17627812 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Miyatake
S, Tamura Y, Kawabata S, Iida K, Kuroiwa T, Ono K. Boron neutron capture therapy for malignant tumors related to meningiomas. Neurosurgery. 2007 Jul;61(1):82-90; discussion 90-1. PMID: 17621022 [PubMed - in process] |
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Omuro
AM. Is single-agent temozolomide the treatment of choice for recurrent primary central nervous system lymphoma? Nat Clin Pract Oncol. 2007 Jul 10; [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID: 17622233 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Shao
C, Folkard M, Prise KM. Role of TGF-beta1 and nitric oxide in the bystander response of irradiated glioma cells. Oncogene. 2007 Jul 9; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17621264 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Sonabend
AM, Ulasov IV, Lesniak MS. Gene therapy trials for the treatment of high-grade gliomas. Gene Ther Mol Biol. 2007;11(A):79-92.
PMID: 17625614 [PubMed - author
manuscript in PMC] |
